How Do Car Seats Fit in a 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid?
The verdict: Toyota’s compact Corolla Hybrid comes as a five-seat sedan. Although the Corolla Hybrid’s Latch anchors were easy to find and use, the sedan’s fixed head restraints caused fit issues with our forward-facing car seat and booster.
Does it fit three car seats? No.
Take a look at how the Latch system and each car seat scored below in our Car Seat Check of the 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid.
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Latch: Grade A
The two sets of lower anchors are easy to find use. Three top tether anchors sit on the rear shelf; they’re also problem-free to find and use.
Infant Seat: Grade B
This seat was easy to install, but it will likely impact front passenger legroom. Our 5-foot-6-inch passenger had OK legroom in front of the child seat, but taller passengers will need more space to be comfortable.
Rear-Facing Convertible: Grade B
As with the infant seat, the convertible in rear-facing form was easy to install. It similarly impacted front passenger legroom, however.
Forward-Facing Convertible: Grade B
In forward mode, the convertible installed easily, but the Corolla Hybrid’s fixed head restraint prevented the convertible from sitting flush against the seatback as it should.
Booster Seat: Grade C
The lightly bolstered outboard seats helped hold our booster snuggly into place, but the sedan’s fixed head restraint prevented the booster from sitting flush against the seatback the way it should. Also, the seat belts crowd into the side of the booster, making them tough for small hands to grasp and use independently.
About Cars.com’s Car Seat Checks
Editors Jennifer Geiger and Jennifer Newman are certified child safety seat installation technicians.
For the Car Seat Check, we use a Chicco KeyFit 30 infant-safety seat, a Graco Contender 65 convertible seat and Graco TurboBooster seat. The front seats are adjusted for a 6-foot driver and a shorter passenger. The three child seats are installed in the second row. The booster seat sits behind the driver’s seat, and the infant and convertible seats are installed behind the front passenger seat.
We also install the forward-facing convertible in the second row’s middle seat with the booster and infant seat in the outboard seats to see if three car seats will fit; a child sitting in the booster seat must be able to reach the seat belt buckle. If there’s a third row, we install the booster seat and a forward-facing convertible. Learn more about how we conduct our Car Seat Checks.
Parents should also remember that they can use the Latch system or a seat belt to install a car seat, and that Latch anchors have a weight limit of 65 pounds, including the weight of the child and the weight of the seat itself.
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